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Rating: 8/10 (20 May 2014)

When i first saw the trailer for Pacific Rim i thought this film was going to be mental! Having giant robots and monsters fight isn't something I've seen since i was a kid watching Mighty Morphin Power Rangers so i couldn't wait to see this film, As a kid i loved stuff like Power Rangers, Transformers, Godzilla and all that and i'm a fan of Guillermo Del Toro as well. I enjoyed both Hellboy films, Pans Labyrinth and Blade 2 so i had faith that this film would be something special. When the film finally came out I went to see it as soon as I could, After watching the trailers I was expecting an all out action / Sci-Fi with good fight scenes and a cool story that kept me interested through out and kept me entertained. This film did exactly that! I was glad to see that this film doesn't take itself to serious and has fun with all the crazy Sci-Fi stuff they have. There wasn't much with this film i didn't enjoy but this is a list of the stuff i liked about Pacific Rim -
* The whole concept and theme of this film, It was like re-living my childhood and getting excited when you know theirs going to be a huge fight at the end of a Power Rangers episode. You know this is going to be a huge CGI fest so you don't need a believable story or to much character development, Its just feeling entertained by watching giant robots punch monsters in the face!
* The visual effects were outstanding, The use of colour and the way the Jaegers looked as they moved. Comparing them to the only other CGI robots i can think of, Micheal Bays Transformers, The Jaegers move around better and feel a lot more robot like to the Transformers and the colour schemes used on them were much more interesting. The Kaiju looked amazing as well! each one had its own unique look and strengths and the use of CGI really enhances it.
* The soundtrack was epic, You knew when they main theme song came on you know their was going to be something epic about to happen.
* The Jaegers, I was glad to that each Jaeger was unique to itself and they all had different kind of abilities and looks and they all had really cool names. I thought the main Jaeger 'Gypsy Danger' was pretty cool looking, He had cool elbow rockets that made the fight scene that little bit more enjoyable and a cool looking sword that could have been introduced in the first fight but was still cool when he got it out, 'Crimson Typhoon' had a third arm, 'Striker Eureka' to me looked very similar to Gundam Wing and 'Cherno Alpha' was this huge Russian Jaeger that was pretty cool!
* The time Gypsy Danger uses a freighter like a crow-bar on one of the Kaiju!
* The Kaiju, They all looked so good! each of them were like giant amphibious creatures that literally just want to destroy stuff! Since these creatures seem to put up a fight to normal military equipment you know theirs going to be a cool fight waiting for them when the Jaegers get about.
* I really liked Charlie Day as one of the scientists working on Kaiju, He was probably my favourite character though the whole film.
* Idris Elba, I'm a fan of him, I don't think I've ever seen him in a role i haven't enjoyed and he gives one of the coolest speeches in seen in a film in a long time.
* The dog! One of the Jaeger pilots have this unbelievably cute dog which i loved seeing on screen!
There were a few things that stopped me from giving this film 10 stars, stuff like -
* I found Raleigh's accent pretty annoying, i got used to it after a while but yeah, its pretty annoying.
* The syncing two pilots together in order to get a Jaeger to work. A big chunk of the middle of this film was about getting the Mako Mori to sync up with Raleigh Beckett, I didn't quite get why those two could be drift compatible, i thought it was only for family members. During the beginning i pretty sure Raleigh pilots it on his own when his Brother dies. I didn't get it, But it still looks Cool!
* I found it to be painfully slow when the Jaegers had to move quickly or had to charge up their plasma cannons, It felt like the Kaiju were much quicker that them.
* During fights with the Jaegers and the Kaiju they kept jumping from scenes into the Cockpit to hear the pilots speaking, I didn't mind it to much but i would of preferred to see more robot monster fight scenes.
Overall it was still a cool film and if you enjoyed Power Rangers and Godzilla as a kid your inner child will love this film! This film deserves to have a good few sequels since the universe they've made has so many opportunities to make more! If your looking for a film with giant monsters and giant robots this is the film for you!